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Description:: Each neuron in the primary motor cortex (M1) is like a musician in an orchestra, contributing to a larger harmony under the constraint of a “neural manifold”—a geometric score describing the correlated signals produced by the neural musicians that drive movement. Despite the widespread recognition of the importance of M1...
Keyword:: neural networks, neural manifolds, motor control, machine learning, and brain-computer interface
Subject:: Biomedical engineering and Neurosciences
Creator:: Altan, Ege
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Language:: en
Date Uploaded:: 08/23/2023
Date Created:: 2023-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation
Alternate Identifier:: etdadmin_upload_1001502 and http://dissertations.umi.com/northwestern:16658

Description:: Following a stroke, precise, individuated control of single joints is often replaced by highly stereotyped patterns of multi-joint movement, due to a loss of independent joint control, which can negatively impact functional use of the paretic arm. Despite the debilitating nature of this impairment, the precise underlying neural mechanisms remain...
Keyword:: MR imaging, motor control, brainstem, and stroke
Subject:: Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program (NUIN)
Creator:: Meriel Ann Owen
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 02/11/2019
Date Modified:: 02/11/2019
Date Created:: 2017-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation

Description:: The brain has a remarkable ability to rapidly adapt behavior. On the scale of development, the brain learns to control the complex dynamics of our limbs by forming and pruning synaptic connections. However, the motor system also learns on much shorter timescales, such as when learning to hit the bullseye...
Keyword:: motor cortex, non-human primates, motor control, motor learning, and premotor cortex
Subject:: Biomedical Engineering
Creator:: Matthew George Perich
Owner:: Scholarly Digital Publishing
Date Uploaded:: 10/21/2018
Date Modified:: 10/21/2018
Date Created:: 2017-01-01
Resource Type:: Dissertation

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